play_alter_ego_a2_audio.exe

HitsBlender Installer

Blisbury LLP

The application play_alter_ego_a2_audio.exe by Blisbury LLP has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the SimpleFiles installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from hitsblender.com.
Publisher:
http://hitsblender.com/  (signed by Blisbury LLP)

Product:
HitsBlender Installer

Description:
HitsBlender

Version:
2.0.0.62

MD5:
c0db4c4eeeda13eef2b25c0f5b93425b

SHA-1:
b52fa8ebce55d1e2990d73d30ef99f2a3f3d2eea

SHA-256:
dc35452ecfeb3b21913b87d2f7195ea2abe8b66d47980407160e193245932e70

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 11:35:37 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BlisburyLLP.X
14.8.20.12

File size:
522 KB (534,536 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.62

Copyright:
Copyright http://hitsblender.com/ (C) 2013

Original file name:
HitsBlenderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SimpleFiles

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\play_alter_ego_a2_audio.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/13/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Blisbury LLP, O=Blisbury LLP, STREET=Suite 3.15, STREET=One Fetter Lane, L=London, S=London, PostalCode=EC4A 1BR, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
3A064626CE173599127D78C730697B78

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2014 5:41:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:eQKf6SU/D+mDeg/1e/jdlmNwqZ/3hXEUjib3Gb0/Uc:eQKPUKmDlWlmNwq9SUj03Gb0Mc

Entry address:
0x3D6C6

Entry point:
E8, 2A, C8, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 64, 9E, 45, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 74, 91, 45, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00...
 
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Code size:
349 KB (357,376 bytes)

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